The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written
for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte GEOFFREY H. WHITE and WEIYUN YU
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Appeal 2007-0850
Application 10/733,292
Technology Center 3700
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Decided: May 18, 2007
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Before DEMETRA J. MILLS, ERIC GRIMES, and LORA M. GREEN,
Administrative Patent Judges.
GRIMES, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 involving claims to a
prosthesis for placement in intersecting blood vessels. The Examiner has
rejected the claims as anticipated and obvious. We have jurisdiction under
35 U.S.C. § 6(b). We reverse the rejections based on the Cragg patent,
vacate the rejections based on the Piplani patent, and enter new grounds of
rejection.
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